News 4-4-25
SAINT MARTINVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF A BOMB THREAT. THE THREAT CAME AT AROUND NINE-TWENTY YESTERDAY MORNING. STUDENTS WERE RETURNED TO THEIR CLASSROOMS AFTER AUTHORITIES FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A BOMB. THE AUTHORITIES HAVE NO SUSPECTS IN THE BOMB THREAT.
A SEVENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD LAFAYETTE MAN, WHO’S BEEN IN THE U-S FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS, WAS ARRESTED BY ICE AGENTS. JOSE FRANCO GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THE CIRCLE K GAS STATION ON JOHNSTON STREET AND IS NOW BEING HELD AT THE ICE DETENTION FACILITY IN EVANGELINE PARISH. HIS STEPDAUGHTER, CHRISTIAN COOPER RIGGS, SAYS GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ ESCAPED CUBA IN A U-S PROVIDED SHIP FOR THOSE FLEEING COMMUNISM. SHE’S HOPING THE LOUISIANA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION WILL INTERVENE ON HIS BEHALF.
MAY SEVENTH IS THE DEADLINE FOR AMERICANS TO GET REAL I-D. NICK GREMILLION WITH THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLES SAYS YOU WILL NEED REAL I-D TO BOARD COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND ACCESS CERTAIN FEDERAL FACILITIES. GREMILLION SAYS T-S-A IS STICKING WITH THE MAY SEVENTH DEADLINE, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO ALLOW A TWO-YEAR PHASED ENFORCEMENT OF THE REAL I-D. GREMILLION SAYS THE AGENCY HAS NOT CLARIFIED WHAT THE PHASED ENFORCEMENT MEANS, SO THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE REAL I-D SO THEY ARE READY FOR THE DEADLINE.
A SULPHUR MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A NONVERBAL FOUR-YEAR-OLD WALKED AWAY FROM A HOME DURING A PARTY. CALCASIEU PARISH DEPUTIES LEARNED THAT MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL HAD BEEN USED AT THE PARTY AT A HOME ON MOSSWOOD DRIVE. THE MISSING CHILD WAS LATER FOUND YESTERDAY MORNING ASLEEP IN A CARSEAT ON THE FRONT PORCH OF ANOTHER HOME. THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD SHAINE WILSON FACES CHARGES OF IMPROPER SUPERVISION OF A MINOR AND ILLEGAL USE OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF SEVENTEEEN.
VILLE PLATTE POLICE SAY A MAN WAS KILLED IN AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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LUS FIBER HAS A NEW NAME. IT’S NOW KNOWN AS L-F-T-FIBER AND THE NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS IS L-F-T-FIBER-DOT-COM. DIRECTOR MICHALE SOILEAU CALLED IT A TRANSFORMATION THAT ENSURES L-F-T FIBER IS RECOGNIZED AS A TECHNOLOGY LEADER FOR ACADIANA AND BEYOND. LAFAYETTE MAYOR PRESIDENT MONIQUE BOULET SAYS THE REBRAND REFLECTS THE CITY’S LEADERSHIP IN INNOVATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMMITMENT IN KEEPING ACADIANA AT THE FOREFRONT OF DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY.
HURRICANE RESEARCHERS AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ARE PREDICTING A MORE ACTIVE THAN NORMAL HURRICANE SEASON CITING WARMER THAN NORMAL ATLANTIC WATERS. THE RESEARCHERS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEIR FORECAST OF SEVENTEEN STORMS IN TWENTY-TWENTY-FIVE, NINE OF WHICH ARE PREDICTED TO BECOME HURRICANES. FOUR OF THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MAJOR HURRICANES OF CATEGORY THREE AND ABOVE. HOWEVER, THEY SAY IT’S NOT AS ACTIVE AS THEY PREDICTED FOR THE LAST HURRICANE SEASON.
HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN RAYNE WERE FLOODED SATURDAY AS NINE INCHES OF RAIN FELL. MAYOR CHUCK ROBICHEAUX SAYS CLEANUP AND RECOVERY IS TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED BECAUE OF LIMITED RESOURCES. HE SAYS SOME BUSINESSES HAVE HAD TO SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD DAMAGE. ROBICHAUX SAYS ANYONE AFFECTED SHOULD FILL OUT A SURVEY WITH GOHSEP TO REPORT ANY DAMAGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE WEBSITE IS G-O-H-S-E-P-DOT-L-A-DOT-GOV.
